What happened
On 8 February 2025, a Beechcraft Super King Air B200, registration ZS-LFW, was performing a positioning flight from Kimberley Airport to Bram Fischer International Airport. The flight, operated under Part 91, carried two pilots and two medical personnel.
During the descent from flight level 130, a warning light for the cabin door illuminated on the cockpit annunciator panel. The crew identified that one of the four door locks was misaligned. Following standard procedures, the captain instructed the passengers to remain belted and began a descent to 6,000 feet to depressurize the cabin. While on the downwind leg for Runway 30 at Bram Fischer, the cabin door opened and became completely detached from the fuselage.
The crew managed to maintain control and landed the aircraft safely. The detached door was later located in a parking lot at the Twin City Shopping Mall, approximately 4 nautical miles southwest of the airport. There were no injuries to the crew or passengers, and no damage was reported on the ground.